Starting a TSO session

Use the procedure in this topic to start a TSO session for a MainView product.

Before you begin

Ensure that the CAS and PAS are active (if necessary for the applications that you want to access). If you need to start them, see Starting a CAS and Managing the z/OS product address space.

To start a TSO session

1. Execute the MainView CLIST in one of the following ways:

   • Select the appropriate ISPF menu or panel option.

   • On the COMMAND line, enter:  TSO EX ' hlq.UBBSAMP(MainView)'.

   • Start a VTAM or EXCP MainView Alternate Access terminal session that executes the MainView CLIST. (For more information, see Using MainView Alternative Access.)

2. If the Connection panel is displayed next, use it to choose a connection or to set a default connection. This panel lists the available connection points on the system image under which your TSO session is running. The target PAS that you select must be at the same release and maintenance level as the code running in the MainView CLIST.
    
   

   Your Connection for full screen mode (BBI-SS PAS) on this system is not 
   defined or your default is not available. Choose a connection from the  
   list below.                                                             
                                                                           
   Note: Setting the default connection will cause this display to be      
         skipped at startup. Use MAINVIEW option 0 to reset.               
                                                                           
   Line Commands:  S  - Select a connection for this session only           
                   SD - Set Default connection path                         
   
   Sel    Type  AAO   Target   Alias   Description   SSID
    ---   .... .... ........ ...... ............ .....
          CICS  Y    AAOCS4TB         CICS TARGET   TB62
          CICS  Y    AAOCT12B         CICS TARGET   AOQA
          CICS  Y    AAOCT12J         CICS TARGET   AOQA

   Tip

   If you set a default connection now and want to change it later, you can do so from the MainView Selection Menu: select option 0.2 and then Connection.

3. On the MainView Selection Menu, select a product area or option by typing the appropriate value in the OPTION field.
   

   For more information about each option on the MainView Selection Menu, see the online Help.

   Note

   If you select a product that is not installed at your site, an INVALID OPTION message is displayed.

   
   After you select a product area, the menu for that product or products is displayed. For example, if you select option N (Network Management), the Network Management Solutions menu is displayed, as shown in the following figure:

                      --------------------- Network Management Solutions -------------------------
   OPTION  ===>                                              DATE   -- dd/mm/yy
                                                             TIME   -- hh:mm
     Management                                              USERID -- tsoid
        1  MVIP          MAINVIEW for IP                   MODE   -- ISPF v.r
        2  MVVTAM        MAINVIEW for VTAM
   
     Operations
        E  ALERTS        Alert Management
   
     General Services
        M  MESSAGES      Messages and Codes
        P  PARMS         Parameters and Options

   All  product areas have a menu similar to this one. From a product area menu, you can typically access:

   • One or more MainView products

   • The Alert Management component of MainView Alarm Management

   • The Messages and Codes online display

   • The MainView Parameter Editors menu

   Some product area menus have additional, product-specific options.